How much better it would be

if we simply remember the lesson of Pearl Harbor and build defenses to

match our potential adversaries' capabilities. In this case we could simply

destroy that missile, harmlessly, above the Pacific Ocean. President Bush

says we will build such a system. There should be no question that the

nation who put men on the moon and brought them back 30 years ago can

do this.

Clinton-Gore, with their slavish

adherence to a "strategic partnership" with China, cavalier

attitude toward national security, and insatiable desire for campaign

money from any source, have made the need for national missile defense

a necessity. Their lack of will to enforce laws and agreements, and their

decisions to circumvent others, lies at the heart of both the rogue states'

new capabilities and U.S. unpreparedness.

This situation must now be

rectified by adapting our forces to fight and defeat the militaries of

our potential adversaries, including an antimissile defense to protect

both us and our allies, before the next Pearl Harbor.

William Fielder

Peachtree City

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